Hi Sunitha,
Thx for replying. What are the basics for calculating seat utilization. My process works 18*6 with a manpower of 240. we run 4 overlap shifts and have atotal of 110 productive seats.
Let me know how to calculate seat utilization.
Rajan27th December 2006 From India
, Gurgaon

Hi Rajan,
As far as I know you take a ration of productive seats to your headcount (FTE) and that gives you your Seat Utilization...From what you have given your SU works out to be 2.18
Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Rgds
Sunitha2nd January 2007 From Taiwan
, Keelung

Hi Rajan,
Sorry I did not include how I did the calculation.
This is how we used to calcuate, There might be a different method too.
SU = FTE/ No.of production seats
In your case it was 240/110 = 2.18
You can do a shiftwise calculation the same way.
Friends, if there is a different way of calcuation please do let me know.
Thanks
Sunitha5th January 2007 From Taiwan
, Keelung

Hi all,
In manufacturing we use a strong metric called Overall Equipment eifficiency(OEE). It is the product of Utilization X Productivity X Quality. Based on this I developed a similar metric for Service called OSE ( Overall Service Efficiency) . It will give you complete picture of Utilization, Productivity and Quality. If you improve this percentage , it will address all the major issues in your organisation.
Please Let me know if you are interested in this.
Ramesh9th March 2007 From Singapore
, Singapore

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